Greeting card



Feb. 2, 1954 H. E. ANDERSQ N 2,667,711

GREETING. CARD Filed April 23, 1952 INVEN TOR.

H I DA E. ANDERSON AGENT.

Patented Feb. 2, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a greeting card.

It is one of my principal objects to provide a greeting cards which is different or distinctive, as compared with conventional greeting cards.

Another object is to provide such a distinctive greeting card which is attractive and interest provoking.

Another object is to provide a greeting card Jhich is versatile whereby it may be used in several ways to suit ones needs or desires; for example: as a message bearer, either printed or individually composed and written; as a gift pack age decoration; or as a money-gift holder.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more apparent as the description of the invention proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application for patent:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my invention illustrating the construction thereof for use as a moneygift holder and/ or as a package decoration, as well as for a greeting card.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one form of my greeting card shown in Fig. 1 with the package attaching feature illustrated and the money holding feature omitted.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 2 with the tie and the attaching means removed.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the device attached to a package for decorative purposes.

In the drawing, the reference numeral I indicates a sheet of thin material having self-supporting qualities when rolled, that is, the material is capable of maintaining itself in a substantially firm condition when the sheet is rolled as shown in the drawings, Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The sheet is preferably oval in shape, as shown, to provide an unusual or novel appearance to the device, and may be paper, plastic, cellophane, or any other suitable material.

The sheet l is of suitable size to provide a substantial message bearing area 2 where a printed or hand written message (not shown) may be carried. Obviously, the message itself, type of print, design, and placement of the message are not critical and may be varied to suit circumstances and tastes.

I have provided a pair of spaced openings 3-3 adjacent one margin of the sheet in which a ribbon or tie 4 is carried by being roved through each of the openings 3-3. End members 5-5 of the tie or ribbon 4 extend from each of the openings, as shown. The tie is preferably placed so that the end members 5-5 extend from the openings on the face of the sheet opposite the message bearing area as shown.

On the margin of the sheet I opposite the openings 3-3 I have provided a second, identical pair of openings 6-6 in spaced opposed relation to the openings 3-3. Each of the end members 5 are roved through one of the openings 6 from the message bearing surface 2, then the sheet I may be rolled into a cylindrical shape and the tie may be tied to a bow or the like to hold the sheet in its desired form. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 show the sheet rolled to a tight cylinder with the openings 3-3 and 6-6 in alinement with each other.

When rolled, an oval shaped sheet, as shown, provides a very novel appearing greeting card, decorated with a ribbon or tie which is unusually interest provoking and distinctive.

In Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown the sheet I as provided with a pair of spaced openings 1-! adjacent the central area thereof to receive a, length of formative wire or string 8 by means of which the greeting card may be secured to a package 9, see Fig. 4, to provide decoration therefor as well as to carry a message of greeting, congratulation, or the like.

Also in Fig. 1, I have shown a pair of elongated slits or slots Ill-I 0 which may be provided in the sheet I for holding a money gift or the like within the rolled greeting card, the money to be held by folding same to an elongated thin shape, not shown, and then inserting the opposite ends into the slots it-Il], as will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that I have herein shown and described one specific embodiment of my invention, and that my appended claims are not necessarily limited specifically thereto, but should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A greeting card comprising a sheet of thin material having self-supporting qualities when rolled and adapted to carry a message thereon, said sheet being of substantially oval shape and having pairs of spaced openings therethrough, said pairs of openings being located adjacent opposed margins thereof, tying means carried in one of said pairs of openings, said tying means having end members extending from each of the openings of said one of said pairs of openings, said sheet being rolled to cylindrical shape with said margins overlapping and said pairs of openings in register with each other, each of said end members being extended through its 2 corresponding one of the openings in the opposite pair of said openings, and said end members be ing tied to hold the opposed margins of said sheet together forming a scroll-like roll.

2. The structure as set forth in claim 1 and means for securing a thin sheet of flexible mate rial within said sheet when rolled comprising a pair of slits in said first mentioned sheet, said slits being in spaced substantially alined relation to each other whereby said flexible sheet may be roved through each of said slits and be securely held by the self-supporting qualities of first said sheet.

3. A greeting card consisting of a sheet of thin material having self-supporting qualities when rolled and adapted to carry a message thereon, said sheet having pairs of spaced openings therethrough, said pairs of openings being located adjacent opposed margins thereof, a tie carried in one of said pairs of openings and having end members extending from each of the openings of said one of said pair of openings, said sheet being rolled to a cylindrical shape with said margins overlapping and said pairs of openings in register with each other, each of said end members being extended through its corresponding one of the openings in the opposite pair of said openings and being tied to hold said sheet in a rolled condition.

HILDA E. ANDERSON.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 161,506 Grinsted et a1 Mar. 30, 1875 789,226 McClintock May 9, 1905 

